Breaks within the twilight of the room;

And Ione, loud and wildly shrieking,

Starts and gazes through the ghastly gloom.

Nothing sees she there—

All is empty air,

All is empty as a rifled tomb.

XIV.

Once again the voice beside her sounded,

Low, and faint, and solemn was its tone—

"Nor by form nor shade am I surrounded,